A New Life

Spring cleaning the house,
I find an old name board that
my dead sister-in-law had at her clinic:
“ Dr. R----------------------
M.B.B.S., M.S (Gen. Surgery)
Clinic Timings:……….”
The board is quite big.
About 5’x2’ and pretty strong.
The metal sheet is rust free.
The wooden frame, termite free.
Even the paint is not flaked or faded.
Though my memory of her is.
I wonder whether to throw it.
Or keep it.
I decide to repaint and
use it to cover the new birdcage
in the balcony, protecting them
from the sun.
She’d have approved the recycling
and her place in the sun.